Chondricthyans

[stargatedalek]

Hardly my specialty but if I had to guess I'd put my money on a skate rather than a ray. The pointed "tip" of the face and sharply featured anal(?) fins are characteristics that can be found on skates or rays, but are common to all skates (to my knowledge, which is very limited). Combined with the thick body and thorn like projections my money would be on a skate being the inspiration.

[sbell]

Hardly my specialty but if I had to guess I'd put my money on a skate rather than a ray. The pointed "tip" of the face and sharply featured anal(?) fins are characteristics that can be found on skates or rays, but are common to all skates (to my knowledge, which is very limited). Combined with the thick body and thorn like projections my money would be on a skate being the inspiration.

The overall body shape is more dasyatid than rajid though. It may be just some sort of made up thing. Or a deepwater ray of some kind.

[sauroid]

oh so that ray is from TAKARA TOMY A.R.T.S. i got rid of mine because of that face imprint on the belly.

[postsaurischian]

Oh! That's another Otokomaei figure . They're in wider use than I've expected .

[brontodocus]

Oh! That's another Otokomaei figure . They're in wider use than I've expected .

Yes, but they're also a bit two-faced, aren't they?  Honestly, I think both versions look quite good and luckily that human face is invisible from above.

[brontodocus]

Walk-around of the CollectA - Sea Life Great White Shark (Open Jaw), Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758), item No. 88729, new for 2015. Similar in quality to last year's Shortfin Mako Shark, this figure shows how competitive CollectA has become when it comes to shark figures. There are no claspers at the rear end of the pelvic fins so this figure represents a female specimen, apparently. The figure's length is approx. 220 mm (TL) so the scale is between around 1:20 and 1:27. The human figure ("Freddie the Free Diver" by Safari Ltd) is approx. 1:20 to 1:24 scale. Probably the largest shark that does not feed on plankton (the Tiger Shark and the Sleeper Sharks in the genus Somniosus may approach similar sizes, though), the Great White Shark is a formidable predator which, sadly, has been seriously depleted in numbers and IUCN considers the species "Vulnerable".
Here's a link to the Great white shark figure at CollectA's website: http://www.collecta.biz/en/collections/sea-life/88729



















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[Jetoar]

Really beautiful figure Brontodocus  . I hoped finding here in my last travel but i couldnt find it. It has a really sharp nose, hasnt?

[brontodocus]

Thanks, Jetoar!

It has a really sharp nose, hasnt?

Yes, maybe even a little too sharp.

[Jetoar]

Thanks, Jetoar!

It has a really sharp nose, hasnt?

Yes, maybe even a little too sharp.

One the other hand, It is one of the best figures of this specie  .

[stargatedalek]

I wouldn't say its too sharp, when the mouth stretches open sometimes the rostrum becomes very pronounced. It's more noticeable in smaller specimens.

At least it's not as bad as the K&M shark set White Shark, which can only realistically pass as a fisherman's prize.

[sbell]

I finally sawa  picture of that in my catalogs--and I jsut ran out of white sharks in my store! It is far superior to their other version. And yeah, I've seen pictures and video of how pointy the nose can get when the jaw is wide open--all of the tissue slips away from the skull (it is admittedly brief).

[Brunno]

Nice photos and good replica, I will take one. I would like to know where I can find that kind of base that you use

[sbell]

Nice photos and good replica, I will take one. I would like to know where I can find that kind of base that you use

That is from the old Invicta figures (a few of them). Or, there are ones on Shapeways modelled after them!

[Brunno]

Nice photos and good replica, I will take one. I would like to know where I can find that kind of base that you use

That is from the old Invicta figures (a few of them). Or, there are ones on Shapeways modelled after them!

Oh good to know, Shapeways can be a really good place to find it. Thank you very much!

[Jetoar]

I have purchased my figure of this species today  .

[widukind]

This figure is from a fantasy animal set by TAKARA TOMY A.R.T.S. and is named Otokomaei.
Could anybody say which real species of ray this might be?



....... unfortunately it has a stupid human face on its belly.

I know i am very late but i think it is a dasyatis matsubarai.

http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marine-world.co.jp%2Fer%2Fre%2Fil%2Fz-image%2FDasyatis_matsubarai.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marine-world.co.jp%2Fer%2Fre%2Fil%2FDasyatis_matsubarai.html&h=262&w=400&tbnid=4ihm7fawS184KM%3A&docid=InWxTs3yaFQ3nM&ei=ZSvJV_L9DsiWgAb22pWAAQ&tbm=isch&client=firefox-b&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=1227&page=0&start=0&ndsp=27&ved=0ahUKEwiyxKbTlfDOAhVIC8AKHXZtBRAQMwghKAMwAw&bih=915&biw=1280

[brontodocus]

Even though the species was represented at least several times by Japanese companies (Colorata, Kaiyodo, Takara Tomy T.A.R.T.S) to my knowledge this is only the second non-japanese figure representing a Megamouth Shark (the first being by Lontic/Nayab). And I'm quite happy about how it turned out! So here is the Safari Ltd Wild Safari Sealife Megamouth Shark, Megachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983; item No. 201029, new for 2016. Total length is 180 mm so the scale is anywhere between approx. 1:30 and 1:39 for a mature individual. The human figure (paleontologist from the Tamiya Dinosaur Diorama series) is approx. 1:35 scale. The Megamouth Shark is one of the largest lamniform sharks and a plancton feeder just like the biggest of all lamniforms, the Basking Shark, Cetorhinus maximus. However, these two are an exception among the mackerel sharks. After its first discovery in 1976 only a handful of specimens were found over several decades. However, it seems to be caught more frequently than before and today more than 100 individuals have been reported. This led the IUCN to change the species' conservation status from "Data Deficient" to "Least Concern" in 2015.














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[brontodocus]

While the three large species of Hammerhead Sharks (Smooth, Scalloped, and Great Hammerhead) are quite well represented among toy figures, the smaller sphyrnids are a rare sight. There has been a Bonnethead resin model by Neko Works (a Japanese company) but I'm not aware of any previous toy figures representing this species. So here is a walk-around of the Safari Ltd Wild Safari Sealife Bonnethead Shark, Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758); item No. 200329, new for 2016. It's a precious little figure measuring 132 mm total length (TL) which would put its scale somewhere between 1:6 and 1:11 (Bonnetheads don't grow longer than 1.5 m). Quite oddly, the Bonnethead is the only known shark with a distinct sexual dimorphism other than size and presence or absence of claspers – males have a different shape of their enlarged head margins (the cephalofoil) than females in that the latter do not have the distinct bulge at the anterior margin. So even if the claspers are indistinctive on this figure it is apparently representing a male specimen. In contrast to the large hammerhead shark species which are threatened, the smaller Bonnethead is still quite abundant and considered "Least Concern" by IUCN.














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[brontodocus]

Yawn... We don't really need yet another Great White Shark figure... or do we? Here comes the Safari Ltd Wild Safari Sealife Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758); item No. 200729, new for 2016. This is an entirely new sculpt and so much better than the old version (No. 275029) which still remains in production, only with a different paint job. The new sculpt is elegant, more detailed and a lot better proportioned, especially the head. Teeth could have been a little less blunt for my taste, though, but it may be due to child safety. It may be one of the best Great White Shark toy figures by a major company yet. Total length (TL) of the figure is 167 mm so the scale is between approx. 1:24 and 1:35 for a mature individual. The human figure (paleontologist from the Tamiya Dinosaur Diorama series) is approx. 1:35 scale. And of course humans are a much greater threat to Great Whites than vice versa and therefore the species is in decline, resulting in IUCN listing it as "Vulnerable".















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[sbell]

I have to agree--as far as shark figures go, I thought that another Great White was completely unnecessary (especially since CollectA had only recently made such a great, dynamic, and big figure that set the bar pretty high).

But this one is fintastic (yes, I did that). Along wth the other Safari sharks this year, they even improved the skin 'texture'.